Importance Human milk confers important health benefits to very low-birth-weight (VLBW)
infants (≤ 1500 g). The extent to which the use of human milk has changed over time and …

Objective To examine the extent to which maternal race/ethnicity is associated with mother's
milk use among hospitalized very low birth weight (VLBW) infants and maternal receipt of …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends all
preterm infants receive human milk. The objective of this study was to describe the use of …

Objectives To examine how infant and maternal factors, hospital factors, and neighborhood-
level factors impact or modify racial/ethnic disparities in human milk intake at hospital …

Infants with very low birthweight (VLBW) are at increased risk for long-and short-term health
problems. Human milk is the recommended nutrition source for infants with VLBW, who …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate incidence and factors influencing breast milk feeding at
discharge for very low birth weight infants (VLBW) in a population-based cohort. STUDY …

Breast milk is the recommended nutrition for infants, and is particularly beneficial for preterm
infants. Non-Hispanic black mothers are at increased risk for preterm birth, and also have …

Background: Although 98% of mothers in our cohort initiated human milk (HM) provision for
their very low–birthweight (VLBW) infants, fewer black infants received HM at neonatal …

Very low birth weight (VLBW;< 1500 g birth weight) infants are substantially more likely to be
born to black than to non-black mothers, predisposing them to potentially preventable …

Background: While black mothers initiate human milk (HM) provision at lower rates than non-
black mothers in the United States, some neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) report …